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'This disc is chock-full of music I have never heard before. Without exception it is attractive, imaginative, and beautifully played … Lidström and Forsberg put us in their debt with this disc' (American Record Guide)

'This is wonderful. Unfamiliar yet instantly captivating repertoire leaves you wondering why you'd never heard this music before, especially when performed with the compelling advocacy and stunning bravura brought by Mats Lidström and Bengt Forsberg … This is a release of the highest distinction and significance, faultlessly played and atmospherically recorded … Very highly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)

Introduction

In the Aubade and Scherzo, a slow-fast-slow form is followed by a fast-slow-fast, giving six sections in alternating tempi. We may be reminded of the cavatina/cabaletta pairing of early nineteenth-century Italian arias.